Subsection E of Section 9-8-6 NMSA 1978 and Section 28-16A-15 NMSA 1978. Section 9-8-1 et seq. NMSA 1978 establishes the health care authority (HCA) as a single, unified department to administer laws and exercise functions relating to health care purchasing and regulation.
N.M. Admin. Code § 8.371.9.3